Dowd Downs No. 17 Ohio State With Late GoalDowd Downs No. 17 Ohio State With Late Goal
Sami Reilly

Dowd Downs No. 17 Ohio State With Late Goal

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Junior Jimmy Dowd Jr. (Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.) factored in both goals while scoring the game-winning goal to lift No. 6/5 Penn State past No. 17 Ohio State, 2-1, n Big Ten Conference action on Friday evening inside Pegula Ice Arena.

Penn State improves to 14-3-0 on the year and 6-3-0 in Big Ten play with the victory while the Buckeyes drops to 9-7-1 overall and 4-5-0 in conference action.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Penn State opened the scoring late in the opening period with a powerplay goal as senior Connor MacEachern (Brooklin, Ontario) redirected a shot from the point by Dowd Jr. past the blocker of Buckeye net-minder Jakub Dobes for the 1-0 edge at the 18:29 mark.
  • Ohio State evened the contest in the middle frame as Cole McWard sent a shot from the point through traffic that Nittany Lion junior goaltender Liam Souliere (Brampton, Ontario) never saw for the 1-1 score at 16:02 of the second period.
  • Moments after a powerplay expired it was Dowd Jr. blasting one on net from the right point the deflected off a Buckeye stick and through Dobes for the 2-1 lead at 14:29 of the third period.

GOALTENDING

  • Souliere runs his record to 12-3-0 on the year after stopping 35-of-36 shots while his counterpart, Dobes, drops to 9-7-1 after making 30 saves in the setback.
  • Souliere's 12 victories this season continue to lead the nation and are now just one shy of Eamon McAdam for fifth on the Penn State single-season wins list.
  • Souliere's 20 career victories are now just one shy of Oskar Autio for the third-most all-time for a Nittany Lion net-minder.

NOTES

  • The Nittany Lions were outshot for the first time this season as the Buckeyes held the slim 36-32 edge in the shot department.
  • Penn State went 1-for-5 with the man-advantage and a perfect 2-for-2 on the penalty kill.
  • Penn State once again scored the opening goal of the game for the 13th time in 17 games this season improving to 12-1-0 in such games.
  • The first period assist for Dowd gives him 35 for his career as he is now just one shy of Vince Pedrie for seventh on the all-time assist list for Penn State defensemen while his eighth career goal ties him with four other Nittany Lions, including teammate Paul DeNaples, for seventh on the all-time goal scoring list by Nittany Lion defensemen.
  • The multi-point game is the third this season for Dowd and the 11th of his career.
  • Senior Kevin Wall (Penfield, N.Y.) had the secondary assist on each goal to register his second multi-point effort of the season and the 16th of his career.
  • Penn State remains a perfect 9-0-0 this season in series opening games while improving to 6-1-0 in games decided by one goal. The Nittany Lions have now held their opponents to two or less goals in 11 of their first 17 games this season.

NEXT UP
The two teams return to Pegula Ice Arena tomorrow night for the series finale at 5:30 p.m. The annual Teddy Bear Toss will be held during the first intermission.

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